Kilowatt Half Hour Ep 92: Catfishing concepts and Congestion Charging

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#electriccars2025 #podcasts #kilwowatthalfhour Listen on Apple podcasts: https://t.co/nVAmIbiVxL Listen on Spotify: https://t.co/howlezQr6N Listen on Acast: https://shows.acast.com/64de47832cfe0100110394f8/65d31c862601e100174d4b5b Follow Electrifying.com ⬇️ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/electrifyingcom FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/electrifyingcom/ X: https://twitter.com/ElectrifyingCom TIKTOK: https://tiktok.com/@electrifyingcom Follow Electrifying.com ⬇️ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/electrifyingcom FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/electrifyingcom/ X: https://twitter.com/ElectrifyingCom TIKTOK: https://tiktok.com/@ElectrifyingCom If you have a car buying question or want to be included in our postbag, add your comment below or message us at [email protected]. Every week, the Electrifying.com meet online to discuss all the important matters at hand. Such as the weather, what we’re all having for our tea and who dumped who in last night’s Love Island. Between these heavyweight subjects, we also talk about electric cars. A lot. Probably an unhealthy amount to be honest. And when we do discuss cars, we find out a lot. From industry gossip to the more mundane practicalities of electric car ownership, it’s the place where we dish the dirt on the cars we’ve been driving and deliver our own verdicts on the latest electric car news. We also like to have a good laugh at the daftest bits of anti-electric news that we’ve seen in the press. We can’t promise that you’ll learn much. You probably won’t. But if you fancy 30 minutes of idle chat and gossip about the world of electric cars, we’re here for you. If you like it / hate it / think it’s too long or too short, let us know. 👉 Chapters are below so you can jump straight to the topic you’re most interested in: 0:00 – Intro: This Week’s Electric Car News 1:31 – What We’ve Been Driving This Week 1:53 – Vauxhall Mokka GSe First Look 2:42 – The Problem With Concept Cars vs Reality (“Catfishing Cars”) 3:03 – Stellantis Strategy: Alfa Junior, Abarth 600e & Vauxhall Compared 3:56 – Should Performance EVs Look Wild or Subtle? 4:35 – Renault EVs Getting It Right (Turbo 3E & Twingo) 6:02 – Screens Everywhere: Are We Hitting Peak Display? 7:38 – The Move Toward Minimalist EV Interiors 9:00 – Infotainment Systems: Google Cars vs Bad In-House Tech 10:02 – Apple CarPlay in High-End Cars (Aston Martin Example) 11:36 – EV News: Congestion Charge Changes for Electric Cars 12:53 – Is It Fair to Charge EVs for Congestion Zones? 15:51 – Pay-Per-Mile for EVs? Government Mixed Messaging 18:17 – Will Pay-Per-Mile Actually Happen? 19:04 – Public Charging Inequality for Those Without Home Chargers 20:07 – MG Hits 100,000 EV Sales in the UK 21:23 – Used EV Bargain of the Week: Ford Mustang Mach-E 22:18 – Ford BlueCruise Hands-Free Driving Expands 24:45 – Lease Deal of the Week: Volvo EX40 26:04 – Remembering Quentin Willson 28:08 – Renault Twingo Reactions & Wheel Size Debate 30:14 – Warning: Tyre Upsell Scams at Service Centres 31:04 – The Big Push for Smaller Wheels & Steelies Comeback 31:46 – Heat Pumps & Missing Pre-Conditioning Features 33:05 – EV Life Without Home Charging Challenge 36:06 – The Filthiest Car Ever? Nikki’s Peugeot Review Saga 37:00 – Renault 5 Efficiency Update 39:01 – Swear Jar Ideas (Flappy Paddles & Tesla Talk) 40:07 – Tesla’s Role in the EV Market — and Why Sales Are Dipping 41:46 – Used EV Price Drops & Sub-£10k Bargains 44:33 – Renault 5 Roland-Garros vs Alpine A290 45:54 – Baguette Basket Problems: The Tesco Baguette Test 46:24 – Final Thoughts & Send Us Your EV Questions 🔗 Useful Links 👉 More EV reviews & guides: Electrifying.com 👉 Subscribe for weekly EV podcasts & news